Study it in the app“He said, “No, but I am the chief of the army of YHWH; now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the ground and bowed down and said to him, “What is my lord saying to his servant?””
He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“No,לֹאbutכִּיI amאֲנִיthe chiefשַׂרof the armyצְבָאof YHWH;יְהוָהnowעַתָּהI have come.”בָאתִיAnd Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַfellיִּפֹּלonאֶלhis faceפָּנָיוto the groundאַרְצָהand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתָּחוּand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Whatמָהis my lordאֲדֹנִיsayingמְדַבֵּרtoאֶלhis servant?”עַבְדּוֹ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsarmy
An army.
Where else “tseva” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vati” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearsfall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “yipol” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachu” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adoni” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears13And it came about, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and look, a man was standing in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”
14 · This verse (above)
15The chief of the army of YHWH said to Joshua, “Take off your sandal from your foot, for the place on which you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
